Home baked pizza topped with mint leaves and cottage cheese

10am to 12pm

3pm to 5pm

7pm to 8pm

the above timing is of the regular power outage in our residential area ,keeping this schedule in mind i thought of baking pizza one fine evening ,done with the topping preparation i was waiting  sharp at 8pm but that evening power outage was increased  ,may be due to sudden increase in temperature in northern india, :-( ,desperate and hungry i thought of using stove top to bake pizza but thanks god we didnt had to wait for long ,..;-) maybe god tests our patience sometimes..

coming back to the recipe

Recipe name fresh baked pizza with mint leaves and cottage cheese

recipe source for the pizza crust -cookbook

preparation time 2 hrs

baking temp - 220 degree centigrade

baking time 10 mins

ingredient needed

450gm all purpose flour

one tsp salt

two tbsp olive oil

pinch of sugar

half tsp active dried yeast

procedure

In 300ml of warm water add yeast and sugar and leave for 5 to 10 mins until frothy.

In another mixing bowl sift the flour and salt and make a well in the centre 

add olive oil and yeast mixture

mix to make a smooth dough

knead on a lightly floured surface for few minutes

place the dough in a floured bowl ,cover and leave to rise in warm place for two hrs.

After 2 hrs preheat the oven to 220 degree centigrade/425 degree fahrenheit/gas 7

knead the dough for 2 minutes and divide into equal pieces

roll out each piece to 25cm round and place on lightly oiled baking sheet.

for the topping

cottage cheese

mint leaves

grated cheese

tomato sauce

ingredient for tomato sauce

tomato 2

garlic clove 6

bay leave 1

salt as per taste

pepper powder

vinegar two tsp

olive oil one tsp

procedure for tomato sauce

heat oil in non stick wok

lower the flame add garlic clove,bay leave 

followed by tomato,salt and pepper 

keep frying till tomatoes are half done 

now add vinegar and let it simmer for a minute and two and remove from flame.

to assemble

spread tomato sauce on each dough round

brush the edges with olive oil and top the dough round

with sliced cottage cheese,mint leaves and shredded cheese

or any topping of your choice ;-)

bake for 10 mins till golded brown and crisp.

event entry
home baked pizza crust topped with mint leaves and cottage cheese is off for bake off event at
stories from an indian kitchen.
and to Global Kadai event started by Cilantro and hosted this month by Lavi of home cook recipes theme this month is Indian flavoured pizza.

btw this was my first attempt to make pizza base at home ,i really liked the taste of home baked pizza crust so in future its gonna be just home baked pizza crust,..loved the flavour of mint leaves with cottage cheese too,..thats all frens take care and happy blogging,..